Balancing yarn use in designing tufted patterns for textiles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9850607
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15405351

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Tools are provided that communicate to a pattern designer how much yarn is being used on every needle for a given tuft height pattern and permit the designer to adjust the pattern accordingly to balance the yarn usage on the needles. An electronic representation of a pattern design is received for controlling a carpet tufting operation. The pattern design includes a pile height per tuft. A grid is provided for representing the pattern design using different visual cues to represent different pile heights. A graph depicting use-of-yarn per needle for the carpet tufting operation is generated. The grid and the graph are on a common user interface and are viewable at the same time on a display device.

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  • INTERFACE, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Del, Angel Jorge LaGrange, US 3 4
Jones, William Nathan West Point, US 5 5
Ripley, Graeme Robert LaGrange, US 4 5

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